The Path to Reversing Troubling Trends

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With new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surging in the U.S., the winter holidays coming up, and a U.S. presidential administration transition ahead, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health experts shared what leaders and individuals should do now to reverse current troubling trends.

Speakers:

• Josh Sharfstein, MD
  Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Amber D’Souza, PhD, MS, MPH
  Professor, Department of Epidemiology
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Caitlin Rivers, PhD, MPH
  Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
  Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• David Dowdy, MD, PhD, ScM
  Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A recording is now available above. Please note: In the live webcast, Dr. D’Souza said that COVID-19 is the leading cause of death in the U.S. In fact, it is currently the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer. Dr. Dowdy said that the vaccines require two doses spaced eight weeks part. In fact, the Pfizer vaccine requires two doses spaced three weeks apart, and the Moderna vaccine requires two doses spaced four weeks apart. These statements have been edited out of the webcast.

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